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ID: 7009973
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7009973
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Archar (inhabited place)  Archar (inhabited place)

Note: Arčar is a village located in Bulgaria on the Danube River. It. was an ancient Celtic settlement, then the base for Imperial Rome's Danube fleet. It was the capital of the Roman province of Upper Moesia and a rival to Sofia. The city was busy and thriving when it was destroyed by the Huns in 447 CE. Rebuilt by Emperor Justinian, it was razed by invading Avars in 576.

Names:
Archar (preferred,C,V)
Arčar (C,V)
Ratiaria (H,V)
Ratiaris (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Bulgaria (nation)  ........  Bulgaria (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Vidin (province)  ............  Vidin (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Archar (inhabited place)  ................  Archar (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded by Celts in 3rd cen. BC
village (C)
episcopal see (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Arčar..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Nagel's: Bulgaria (1981) 177
Archar..........  [VP]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 12 June 2014
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) plate 81
Ratiaria..........  [BHA]
.................  Hoddinott, Bulgaria in Antiquity (1975)
Ratiaris..........  [VP]
.................  Nagel's: Bulgaria (1981) 177
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Hoddinott, Bulgaria in Antiquity (1975)
..................  Nagel's: Bulgaria (1981) 177
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) plate 81
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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